High profile data breaches are on the rise, with organisations such as TalkTalk, Ashley Madison and Carphone Warehouse, as well as University computer network ‘Janet’, all suffering from large-scale breaches in recent months.
With the average cost per breach to large UK firms now hitting £4.1 million, and an increasing number of attack surfaces brought about by the Internet of Things (IoT) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies, there are now numerous means by which malicious actors can breach a network. By 2016, it is predicted that 6.4 billion mobile devices will be in use, increasing to almost 21 billion by 2020.
